James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ¹  do not show prejudice ²  if you possess faith ³  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ 

James 2:4

2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions ⁵  among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? ⁶ 

James 2:9

2:9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. ⁷ 

[2:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ² tn Or “partiality.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “have you not made distinctions” (as the conclusion to the series of “if” clauses in vv. 2-3).

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “judges of evil reasonings.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Or “transgressors.”